Connections Viterbo Employee Newsletter
Eagle Battalion Army ROTC cadets participated in their Welcome Back Bash Reception and Leadership Lab Sept. 5. The outdoor portion was held in Assisi Courtyard and included the spring academic awards and patching ceremony. Click for more photos.
Tara Westover, author of the bestselling and award-winning memoir Educated, will open the Viterbo University D.B. Reinhart Institute for Ethics in Leadership’s fall lecture series at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 12 in the Fine Arts Center Main Theatre.
Westover was 17 years old the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalists opposed to public education in the mountains of Idaho, she prepared for the end of the world by stockpiling home-canned peaches. In the summer she stewed herbs for her mother, a midwife and healer, and in the winter, she salvaged in her father’s junkyard. Her father forbade hospitals, so Westover never saw a doctor or nurse. Gashes and concussions, even burns from explosions, were all treated at home with herbalism. The family was so isolated from...
Viterbo employees are invited to check out the professional development SharePoint site located on the Human Resources web page.
There will be two professional development opportunities each month, held the second Tuesday of the month from 9–10 a.m. and the fourth Thursday of the month from 1–2 p.m. Locations will be determined based on the topic of discussion.
There are also other opportunities for professional development through self-guided webinars through TIAA as well as extra courses through Viterbo’s SafeColleges online platform. The calendar will be updated as more topics and sessions are added.
September’s Sessions:
Organizing your Inbox: Join Chad Gilbeck, IIT, to learn how to take control of your inbox, get organized, learn how to create folders, and...
Looking to serve in the community? Want to streamline community engagement into your course or department?
On Wednesday, Sept. 18, the Viterbo Center for Community Engagement will host two exploration sessions for UGetConnected software. The identical sessions will be held in Murphy Center 304 computer lab from noon–1 p.m. and from 4:30–5:30 p.m. Participants will explore basics for navigating the software for the first 30–40 minutes followed by user specific questions, allowing people the opportunity to explore the software while immediate help is available.
UGetConnected lists more than 160 local agencies and 300 active needs or service opportunities posted directly by local agencies. Anyone with a Viterbo ID can log into the software at https://viterbo.galaxydigital.com and...
Kathy Duerwachter, director of alumni relations, discusses the planned prayer garden project in honor of the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration at the First Thursday event held in the Reinhart Center Sept. 5. The prayer garden will be located in Assisi Courtyard between Dancing Francis and the Student Development Center.
First Thursdays, which are alumni social events, are held every other month during the academic year at La Crosse venues. Alumni had the opportunity to tour the renovated spaces on campus and to learn about the prayer garden project.
After the success of last year’s inaugural event, Viterbo is hosting another Common Read Scavenger Hunt for new first-year and transfer students. New students received a copy of the 2019–20 common read book, Educated, and each copy contains a signed bookplate in the inside cover (some of you may remember the bookplate signing event, involving delicious peach crisp, this past spring). Throughout this week, all first-year and new transfer students are being asked to locate and meet the faculty or staff member who signed their book.
Frank Ludwig, theatre and music theatre, created posters with faculty and staff signatures and printed names, and these posters have been strategically placed around campus. Students will use these posters to find the signature that matches the one in...
The Viterbo University D.B. Reinhart Institute for Ethics in Leadership will host a screening of the film Artifishal at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17 in Reinhart Center room 134.
Artifishal is Patagonia’s latest film project about people, rivers, and the fight for the future of wild fish and the environment that supports them. It explores wild salmon’s slide toward extinction, threats posed by fish hatcheries and fish farms, and the continued loss of faith in nature. Patagonia is an environmental activist company with the mission of “We’re in business to save our home planet.”
Produced by Yvon Chouinard and Patagonia, the film shows the hazards to wild Pacific salmon when hatchery-raised Atlantic salmon are reared in floating net pens along the Pacific Coast of the U.S. and Canada...
Viterbo Speaks Up is a website where students, employees, and family members can report crimes, worrisome behaviors, harassment, sexual violence or assault, hate/bias discrimination, violations of the Student Code of Conduct, and other issues and concerns.
Viterbo is invested in making sure the campus environment is as safe and supportive as possible. Learn more at www.viterbo.edu/viterbo-speaks-up or contact Adam Malin, Kirsten Gabriel, or LeeAnn Van Vreede with any questions.
By Sue Danielson, health services
As the days get shorter and the temperatures drop, change is in the air. That’s what makes fall a great time for renewal and fresh starts. It’s time to fine-tune your health by making one or two small changes that yield big results. Here are some suggestions:
- Start taking a Vitamin D supplement. We get most of our Vitamin D from the sun, but we spend more time indoors during the fall/winter months.
- Take some time to yourself. Autumn and winter are the Earth’s way of telling us to slow down. Start a journal or track your moods to get more in touch with how you're feeling.
- Get your flu shot and yearly check-up. Sniffing, aching, sneezing, and coughing get in the way of life.
- Boost your immune system by drinking plenty of water, wash...
